Staxly

Cursor vs n8n

AI-native code editor — VS Code fork with deep AI integration
vs. Source-available workflow automation — fair-code, self-host or cloud

Cursor website ↗n8n website ↗

Pricing tiers

Cursor

Hobby (Free)
Free. Limited Agent requests + Tab completions. No credit card.
Free
Pro
$20/month. Extended Agent limits, frontier models, MCPs + skills + hooks, cloud agents.
$20/mo
Teams
$40/user/month. Shared chats + commands + rules, centralized billing, RBAC, SAML/OIDC SSO.
$40/mo
Pro+ (Recommended)
$60/month. Everything in Pro + 3x usage on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini.
$60/mo
Ultra
$200/month. 20x usage multiplier + priority access to new features.
$200/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Pooled usage, SCIM, AI code tracking API + audit logs, priority support.
Custom
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n8n

Community (self-host)
Source-available (fair-code). Free forever. Full feature set self-hosted.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud Starter
€20/mo annual (~$22). 2,500 workflow executions. 5 concurrent. 1 shared project. Unlimited users.
$22/mo
Cloud Pro
€50/mo annual (~$55). Custom execution volume. 20 concurrent. 3 shared projects. 7-day insights.
$55/mo
Cloud Business
€667/mo annual (~$735). 40,000 executions. 30 concurrent. 6 projects. Self-host option. SSO, SAML, LDAP. Git version control.
$735/mo
Enterprise
Custom. 200+ concurrent. Unlimited projects. SLA. 365-day retention.
Custom
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Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing hobby on Cursor vs starter on n8n.

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No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Cursor · 15 features

  • Agent Mode — Autonomous multi-file editing + tool use. Runs terminal commands with confirmati…
  • Background Agents — Run agents in the cloud to tackle longer tasks async.
  • BugBot (PR reviews) — AI reviewer on GitHub PRs.
  • Chat (⌘L) — Conversational chat with codebase context.
  • Cmd-K Inline Edit — Highlight code + ⌘K → natural language edit instruction.
  • Codebase Indexing — Embedding-based semantic search over your codebase.
  • Composer — Multi-file edit sessions with full context.
  • .cursorrules / Project Rules — Custom system prompts per project to steer the AI.
  • MCP Support — Add Model Context Protocol servers to extend agent capabilities.
  • Privacy Mode — Data never used for training; zero-retention routing.
  • Skills & Hooks — User-defined skills library + lifecycle hooks.
  • Tab (multi-line completion) — Predictive completions including next-edit suggestions.
  • Team Shared Context — Share chats, commands, rules across team.
  • VS Code Extension Compat — Most VS Code extensions work via the marketplace.
  • YOLO Mode — Auto-approve all agent actions (for trusted workflows).

n8n · 19 features

  • 500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
  • AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
  • Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
  • Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
  • Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
  • Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
  • Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
  • Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
  • Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
  • External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
  • Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
  • HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
  • Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
  • Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
  • SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
  • Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
  • Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
  • Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
  • Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

Developer interfaces

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CLICursor CLIn8n CLI
REST—n8n REST API
MCPCursor MCP supportn8n MCP
OTHERCursor Desktop App, Cursor Rules (.cursorrules), Privacy Moden8n Editor UI, Webhook Triggers
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